10 GlobalFoundries legal leaders
Saam Azar, Chief Legal Officer at GlobalFoundries, is one of ten GlobalFoundries legal leaders listed here, alongside people who hold deputy, associate and assistant general counsel, IP counsel and commercial counsel roles at the company. A reader can learn how legal leaders work at GlobalFoundries from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Adam Fine
LinkedInExperience: Director, Commercial Counsel · GlobalFoundries
Director, Commercial Counsel at GlobalFoundries since April 2024, based in Washington, D.C. Former Associate General Counsel, Alliance Management at Meso Scale Diagnostics (2019–2024), Associate General Counsel & Director of Commercial Transactions at WGL (2012–2019), and General Counsel at Pace Global, a Siemens business (2010–2011).
Adam Noah
LinkedInExperience: VP and Assistant General Counsel Intellectual Property · GlobalFoundries
VP and Assistant General Counsel Intellectual Property at GlobalFoundries since March 2011, based in Santa Clara, California. Adam Noah was previously Counsel at A&O Shearman (2001–2011) and an associate at Fish & Neave (1998–2001); the current role entry lists the Legal department.
Angela Corsilles
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director and Counsel, Corporate & Securities · GlobalFoundries
Senior Director and Counsel, Corporate & Securities at GlobalFoundries since November 2021, based in New York. Angela Corsilles was also Director, Legal at GlobalFoundries (2009–2014), and has held Senior Counsel, Commercial Legal at Tesla (2017–2021) and Senior Corporate Counsel at Grafana Labs (2021) roles.
Dirk Gasse
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel, International Operations · GlobalFoundries
Associate General Counsel, International Operations at GlobalFoundries since December 2017, based in Dresden, Germany. Former Senior Director Legal, Head of Legal EMEA at GlobalFoundries (2009–2017), Regional Counsel EMEA at AMD (2006–2009) and Counsel at IBM Deutschland GmbH (1998–2006).
Emily Bretas Romano
LinkedInExperience: Director and Counsel, Corporate and Securities · GlobalFoundries
Director and Counsel, Corporate and Securities at GlobalFoundries since December 2024, based in the Greater Hartford area; the role entry lists the Legal department at director level. Former Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary at Kaman Corporation (2017–2024) and Associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (2008–2017).
Jason Nickerson
LinkedInExperience: VP, Employment Law, Ethics & Compliance, and Employee Relations · GlobalFoundries
VP, Employment Law, Ethics & Compliance, and Employee Relations at GlobalFoundries since September 2026, based in Austin, Texas. Former Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2021–2026) and Vice President, Associate General Counsel (2018–2021) at Whole Foods Market, and Senior Director, Assistant General Counsel at Office Depot (2016–2018).
Jeff Worth
LinkedInExperience: Vice President & Deputy General Counsel · GlobalFoundries
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel at GlobalFoundries since January 2019, based in the Albany area with the role located in Malta, New York. Former Senior Director, Ethics & Compliance (2015–2019) and Senior Director, Legal (2009–2015) at GlobalFoundries, and Director, Employee Relations (2007–2009) and Assistant General Counsel (2006–2007) at AMD.
Mike Caywood
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director and IP Counsel · GlobalFoundries
Senior Director and IP Counsel at GlobalFoundries since March 2009, based in Austin, Texas. Former Director at AMD (2000–2009), a role that ended the month before the current one began, and an associate at Locke Lord LLP (1996–2000); the profile tags the role at senior level in legal.
Priyanka Gupta
LinkedInExperience: Director, General Legal · GlobalFoundries
Director, General Legal at GlobalFoundries since November 2024, based in Bengaluru; the profile headline reads Head Legal, Global Foundries India. Former Senior Legal Counsel at Intel India (2013–2024), legal and company secretarial work at Goldman Sachs, India (2007–2013) and Company Secretary at Novell (2002–2005).
Saam Azar
LinkedInExperience: Chief Legal Officer · GlobalFoundries
Chief Legal Officer at GlobalFoundries since 2017, based in the New York City area. Former General Counsel, Mubadala Technology at Mubadala (2006–2016) and an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (2002–2006); Saam Azar also lists Engineer at Clark Construction Group (1998–1999).
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